501 grammar and writing questions - part 8 pps

Page 124 13. c. A dash can be used to set off a parenthetical element, for emphasis. (Place another dash after the word woman.) 14. a. The possessive Jack's takes an apostrophe. 15. e. This sentence is punctuated correctly. 16. b. Commas set off parenthetical elements and always go inside the quotation marks in a line of dialogue (after the word wonder). 17. d. Commas set off a word or phrase that describes the subject but does not alter the meaning of the entire sentence (after Bailey). 18. c. A semicolon can be used to separate two main clauses, which could each stand alone as complete sentences. (Place the semicolon after the word shooting.) SET 3 (Page 9) 19. b. The comma separates the main clause from the long, descriptive subordinate clause. 20. d. The semicolon can be used to separate two main clauses, which could each stand alone as complete sentences. 21. a. The quotation is a question, and the tag "asked Samantha" ends the sentence. 22. e. The sentence is punctuated correctly. 23. b. The word dog's is possessive and needs an apostrophe; the comma is optional. 24. e. The sentence does not require any punctuation other than the period at the end. 25. c. This is a declarative sentence; it asks an indirect question, so a question mark should not be used. Also, the comma is unnecessary. 26. e. The sentence is punctuated correctly. 27. a. The phrase a virus is a nonessential element in the sentence and needs to be set off with commas. 28. d. Commas separate dates and addresses. SET 4 (Page 11) 29. a. Spring should not be capitalized. 30. c. There should not be an apostrophe after the word boys. 31. a. The comma is unnecessary and should be deleted. 32. b. Senator should be capitalized because it refers to a particular senator. 33. c. Cape Cod is a proper noun, and both words should be capitalized. 34. a. Since this is a declarative sentence, the question mark should be replaced with a period. 35. b. Uncle is not used as a proper noun and should not be capitalized. 36. a. Grandma is used as a proper name and should be capitalized. 37. b. A colon should not be used between a verb and its objects. 38. a. There should be an apostrophe in the word else's, which is possessive. 39. c. The commas are missing from this series of adjectives. 40. b. The quotation mark should appear on the outside of the exclamation point: "Don't run!" 41. c. Polio and smallpox should not be capitalized. Diseases are not capitalized unless a proper noun is part of the name. 42. a. Ocean should be capitalized. 43. c. To set off the dialogue, there should be quotation marks before the word I'll. For more material and information, please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc at www.tailieuduhoc.org 44. c. Mayor should not be capitalized because it does not refer to a particular mayor. 45. b. A semicolon is not used between a dependent and an independent clause. Use a comma. 46. b. Veterinarian is not a proper noun and should not be capitalized. For more material and information, please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc at www.tailieuduhoc.org Page 125 47. c. The word Why, which begins the quotation, should be capitalized. 48. b. World War is a proper noun and should be capitalized. 49. a. The phrase like many other viruses should be set off by commas because it is a nonessential element in the sentence. 50. a. Industrial Revolution should be capitalized. 51. a. The commas in this sentence should be deleted. Commas are not used in a series when the series is already linked by conjunctions. 52. a. The names of centuries are not capitalized. 53. c. This sentence asks a question and should end with a question mark. SET 5 (Page 14) 54. c. Commas are used to set off a word or phrase that describes the subject but does not alter the meaning of the entire sentence. 55. e. The dash is used to set off parenthetical elements, for emphasis. 56. a. The comma is used after an introductory element. 57. b. The comma separates the main clause from the descriptive subordinate clause. 58. c. Titles take capitals. 59. d. First word of a salutation, titles, and proper names all take capitals; a colon follows the salutation in a business letter. 60. d. Commas set off parenthetical elements 61. a. A comma goes before and when and links two main clauses. Section 2— Grammar SET 6 (Page 18) 62. c. The sentence requires a verb in the past tense. 63. d. The sentence requires a verb in the past tense. 64. d. The appropriate tense for this verb is the present tense. 65. b. The verbal form been seeing fits with the verb have. 66. c. The infinitive form of the verb, rescue, goes with to in the sentence. 67. a. This is a command; the subject of the sentence is understood (You put). 68. d. The verb was agrees with its subject, problem, and is in the past tense. 69. c. Since the action takes places in the past, the only correct choice is the past perfect had fallen. 70. b. This is the only choice that is in agreement with the plural subject people. 71. c. The correct verb form is the past tense flung. 72. b. The verb are agrees with the plural noun ways. 73. a. The singular verb gets agrees with the singular noun noise. 74. d. The conditional tense, would have heard, is the only one that logically fits with the second clause of the sentence. SET 7 (Page 20) 75. a. The missing phrase modifies the verb are armed, so you need a comparative form of the adverb heavily. For more material and information, please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc at www.tailieuduhoc.org For more material and information, please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc at www.tailieuduhoc.org Page 126 76. b. The correct form of the pronoun is me (objective case). 77. c. The correct pronoun is who, because it refers to a person, and it is the subject form of who (not the object form, whom), because who is doing something, making candied figs. 78. b. The pronoun agrees in number with the noun to which it refers. 79. b. The antecedent, George and Michael, is plural, so the plural pronoun their is the correct choice. 80. c. The pronoun that agrees in number with the noun to which it refers, artichoke. 81. c. The comparison is between two things, so choice a can be ruled out. Choices b and d are incorrect forms. 82. d. The sentence requires an adverb, so a and b (adjectives) can be ruled out. Because the sentence makes no comparison, choice c is also incorrect. 83. c. The pronoun them agrees with the plural noun flowers. 84. b. There are more than two things being compared, so choices a and c can be ruled out. Choice d is an improper form. 85. d. She and Iis the subject of the sentence, so the subjective case is needed. 86. a. The sentence requires an adjective, so choice b (an adverb) can be ruled out. Since the comparison is one value over another, more terrifying is the best choice. 87. a. The possessive case is used before the word taking, because it functions like a noun in this sentence. 88. d. Use fewer with nouns that can be counted. SET 8 (Page 22) 89. b. There are two potential problems in this sentence: 1) the grammatical agreement between the nouns Kendra or Zoe and the pronoun her, and 2) the formation of the verb to bring. In choice b both of these are correct. Because the sentence reads Kendra or Zoe, the pronoun must be singular; only one of them brought the volleyball. Brought is the past tense of bring. Choice a is wrong because the pronoun their is plural. Choice c is wrong because there is not a correct pronoun. Choices d and e are incorrect because brang is not the past tense of bring. 90. d. Adjectives modify nouns and adverbs modify verbs. In choice d, the adjectives frightening and unhappy correctly modify the noun ending. In choices a and b frighteningly is an adverb incorrectly modifying a noun. In choice c, the adverb unhappily incorrectly modifies a noun. Choice e is unnecessarily wordy. 91. b. The sentence makes a comparison between Mandela and all other spokespersons; therefore, the superlative form most should be used. Choices a and d are wrong because they use the comparative more. Choice c is wrong because the word prominently is an adverb and cannot modify the noun spokesperson. Choice e is wrong because it uses the word like incorrectly. 92. a. The word than is a conjunction used to indicate a comparison, and, used as a conjunction, it is followed by the nominative case (I). The word conservatively is an adverb modifying the verb dresses. Choice a is the only one that correctly makes the comparison and uses the adverb correctly. For more material and information, please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc at www.tailieuduhoc.org Page 127 93. e This is the correct choice because the sentence does not contain a double negative. The other choices either use two negative words within a single sentence or use an incorrect comparative form of easy. 94. a. The sentence makes a comparison that requires the superlative, which indicates a comparison among many things. Choice a is correct because it is a complete sentence and uses the superlative (happiest) to make the comparison among all the many people in the crowd. 95. d. When a comparison is made, the word fewer is used with nouns that can be counted; the word less is used with quantities that cannot be counted. 96. d. This sentence makes a comparison between strip mining and all other types of mining; therefore, the superlative cheapest is required. 97. a. This choice is the only one that uses the proper form of possessive pronouns. 98. d. The verb are carved in choice d is in agreement with the plural noun words. 99. a. There are two possible errors in this sentence: one is subject/verb agreement and the other is the use of the words between and among. Between is used to compare two things; among is used to compare more than two. In this sentence between is correct, so choices b and c can be ruled out. Choices d and e are wrong because the verb determine does not agree with the subject relationship. SET 9 (Page 24) 100. a. The verb is formed incorrectly; must of missed should be replaced by must have missed. 101. e. Because there are no grammatical errors in this sentence, the best answer is choice e. 102. b. The word loud is an adjective and should modify a noun. In this sentence the adverb loudly should be used, because it would correctly modify the verb screamed. 103. b. This is an error in subject-verb agreement. The subject, television shows, is plural and requires a plural verb form. In this case, the correct form is transcend, not the singular form transcends. 104. a. Their should be replaced with the contraction They're, meaning They are. 105. e. Because there are no grammatical errors in this sentence, choice e is the best answer. 106. c. In this comparison the word as should be used instead of like. The use of as completes the idiom such as. 107. b. The error is grammatical; there is no subject-verb agreement in this sentence. The subject Each is singular and requires a singular verb form in this situation, the correct form has had. 108. d. This is a grammatical error. The contraction it's (meaning it is) should be replaced by the possessive pronoun its. 109. d. This sentence makes a comparison between Frieda and two other girls (three people); therefore, the superlative tallest should be used. Taller is incorrect because it is the comparative form and should be used only when there is a comparison between two people. 110. e. Because there are no grammatical errors in this sentence, choice e is the best answer. 111. a. This is an error of agreement. The singular pronoun it does not agree with the plural noun mollusks. In this sentence it should be replaced by the plural pronoun they. 112. e. Because there are no grammatical errors in this sentence, choice e is the best answer. 113. c. This is an error in agreement. The singular pronoun him does not agree with its antecedent, For more material and information, please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc at www.tailieuduhoc.org Page 128 the plural noun people. The word him should be replaced with the plural pronoun them. 114. d. This is a grammatical error. The comparative form more cozier is an incorrect formation and should be simply cozier. 115. a. This is an error in agreement. The singular noun one requires the singular verb is. When the subject (in this case one) follows the verb, as in a sentence beginning with here or there, be careful to determine the subject. In this sentence, the subject is not the plural noun books. 116. e. Because there are no grammatical errors in this sentence, choice e is the best answer. 117. a. This is a grammatical error. Because the word modifies the verb resemble, the adverb closely should be used instead of the adjective close. SET 10 (Page 114) 118. e. Because there are no grammatical, idiomatic, logical, or structural errors in this sentence, e is the best answer. 119. c. The word there should be replaced by the possessive pronoun their. 120. d. This sentence has an illogical shift in verb tense. The sentence should read: he realized that he had missed the bus. 121. d. In this sentence there is faulty parallelism. The word asking should be replaced by the verb asked. This sentence is in the past tense so the two verbs asked and phoned should be parallel. 122. d. The use of the present participle creating results in a sentence with faulty parallelism. A form of the verb create should be parallel with the preceding verb became, which is in the past tense. The word creating should be replaced by created. 123. d. This sentence makes a comparison. The comparative more is incorrect because the situation requires the superlative most. More is only used to compare one thing with one other thing. 124. b. There is no subject-verb agreement in this sentence. The singular collective noun staff requires a singular verb form. Therefore, the plural form deserve should be replaced with the singular deserves. 125. d. This sentence has faulty parallelism. There are three items in a series in this sentence: build homes, find water, and learn to understand the blessings. To make these three items parallel, the word to should be deleted in the underlined portion represented by choice d. 126. e. Because there are no grammatical, idiomatic, logical, or structural errors in this sentence, e is the best answer. 127. e. Because there are no grammatical, idiomatic, logical, or structural errors in this sentence, e is the best answer. 128. c. The pronoun me should be replaced by the pronoun I. In this sentence, my brother, my Aunt Clarissa, and I is the subject, and the nominative (subject) case is required. Me should be only used as an object pronoun. 129. d. There is no subject-verb agreement in the sentence. The subject of the second independent clause is filter, a singular noun. Therefore, the singular form of the verb should be used. The verb reduce should be replaced by the verb reduces. 130. e. Because there are no grammatical, idiomatic, logical, or structural errors in this sentence, e is the best answer. 131. c. In this sentence the error is grammatical. The verb walked should be modified by an adverb, not an adjective. The adverb hesitantly should replace the incorrect adjective hesitant. For more material and information, please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc at www.tailieuduhoc.org Page 129 132. b. This sentence has a problem with subject-verb agreement. The two subjects of the sentence, chief executive officer and chairman of the board, require a plural verb. In this case, the singular form agrees should be replaced by the plural form agree. 133. b. The error is in verb formation. The sentence requires the past tense of the verb begin. To correct this error, the past participle begun should be replaced with the past tense began. 134. e. Because there are no grammatical, idiomatic, logical, or structural errors in this sentence, e is the best answer. 135. a. The verb treated should be modified by an adverb. Bad is an adjective and is used incorrectly. Bad should be replaced by the adverb badly. 136. e. Because there are no grammatical, idiomatic, logical, or structural errors in this sentence, e is the best answer. 137. a. This sentence has an agreement problem. The plural pronoun them does not agree with the singular noun glossary. Therefore, them should be replaced by the singular pronoun it. 138. b. Your should be replaced by you're. Because these two words are pronounced alike, they are often confused. Your indicates possession and you're is the contraction of you are. SET 11 (Page 27) 139. d. There are no errors. 140. b. The correct verb form is rose. 141. c. The word I should be replaced with the word me, because the pronoun is the object, not the subject. 142. d. There are no errors. 143. b. There is no subject-verb agreement. The verb should be plural (do not make), because the subject is words, which is a plural noun. 144. d. There are no errors. 145. a. Neither is incorrect. Use either with or and neither with nor. 146. c. The correct pronoun is I, not me. 147. d. There are no errors. 148. a. The adjective sad should be replaced with the adverb sadly, which modifies the verb wandered. 149. b. The verb is used incorrectly. The correct usage is should have been. 150. d. There are no errors. 151. c. The verb in this sentence has been incorrectly formed; it should be drank, not drunk. 152. d. There are no errors. 153. b. There is no subject-verb agreement. Oldest is the subject of this sentence and is used as a singular noun; therefore, it requires the singular verb is. 154. a. This sentence makes an illogical shift in tense—from present to past tense. 155. b. The contraction Who's is incorrect. The correct usage is the possessive Whose. 156. b. This sentence contains a shift in number. Bears is a plural noun, so the clause should read: they were growling. 157. b. The subject and verb do not agree. The subject is plural and requires the plural verb are. SET 12 (Page 31) 158. d. There are no errors. 159. a. This sentence contains a double negative. For more material and information, please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc at www.tailieuduhoc.org 160. c. The contraction Three's, which means Three is, is the correct usage. 161. d. There are no errors. For more material and information, please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc at www.tailieuduhoc.org Page 130 162. a. This sentence has a usage error: fewer cookies, not less cookies. 163. d. There are no errors. 164. a. Between is only used to refer to two things. Among is the correct word to use in this sentence. 165. a. The correct usage is the possessive theirs, not there's. 166. d. There are no errors. 167. d. There are no errors. 168. b. The correct verb form is has broken. 169. a. The correct verb form is rang. 170. d. There are no errors. 171. b. There is an illogical shift in tense. Both verbs should be in the past tense. 172. a. The pronoun him is incorrect. He should be used because you and he are the subjects of the dependent clause. 173. b. The contraction You're should be replaced with the possessive Your. 174. c. This sentence makes a shift in person. It should read: The committee members should work as hard as they can. 175. b. The verb should agree with one, not boys; so the singular verb was should be used. 176. c. The correct verb form is has worn. Section 3— Sentence Structure SET 13 (Page 34) 177. d. Although means ''despite the fact that'' or "even though." Even though strip mining is cheap, it is harmful. The other choices do not convey this meaning. 178. a. Therefore is the best choice because it indicates that the bad cold resulted in Yuri's not going to the movie. 179. b. While is the only logical choice. Choice a is illogical because it implies that Julia could control when the bus would arrive. Choices c and d are unclear. 180. c. The sentence requires a reference to a particular time or situation. Choice a can be ruled out because rock music is not always played at a low volume. Choices b and d result in unclear sentences. 181. a. However is only choice that indicates the contrast between Joelle's preference and Chelsea's. 182. d. This is the only choice that gives a logical relationship between the two clauses. Choices a and b result in an awkward construction. Choice c is illogical. 183. b. The relationship between the two clauses shows a difference in time. Choice b is the only logical response. 184. d. This relationship indicates a cause and effect. The dog's ears are covered because he is afraid of thunder. This is the only logical choice. 185. a. This is the only choice that is idiomatically correct. 186. d. This is the only choice that results in a complete and logical sentence. Choice a is illogical; choices b and c result in sentence fragments. 187. c. The other choices do not logically connect the two clauses of the sentence. SET 14 (Page 36) For more material and information, please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc at www.tailieuduhoc.org [...]... subject and verb and between the pronoun and its antecedent 210 b This is a correct choice because it makes a complete sentence, which is clear and logical 211 d When the relationship between a pronoun and its antecedent is unclear, as it is in this sentence, it should be changed to avoid ambiguity There are two boys, Andre and Robert, and choice d makes the relationship clear: Robert's family moved, and. .. unclear and illogical statements 287 a The other choices are unclear because they are awkwardly constructed, obscuring who intends to set the fire 288 a Answers b and c are sentence fragments Answer d represents confused sentence structure as well as lack of agreement between subject and verb 289 c The other choices contain unnecessary shifts in person, from people to their and we in answer a, to your and. .. wordy Choices c, d, and e are awkwardly constructed and ambiguous 197 c This choice is the only one that uses the idioms of standard English correctly Choice a is wordy as well as awkward Choices b and e also use awkward phrasing Choice d is unclear and ambiguous; the use of the preposition to distorts the meaning of the sentence 1 98 d This choice is clear, logical, and unambiguous and does not use extraneous...For more material and information, please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc at www.tailieuduhoc.org 188 b This is the only choice in which the sentence construction is clear and unambiguous Choices a, c, and e result in dangling modifiers that make the sentence absurd Using choices a and c, the sentence reads as though the ingredients were making the torte In choice e, no one is For more material and information,... sentence is complete, logical, and unambiguous 206 b This is the only choice that is logical and unambiguous SET 15 (Page 39) 207 a This sentence requires parallelism between the verbs meet and have, and choice a is the only that does this (meeting and having) 2 08 c This choice is the only one that is neither wordy nor redundant In choice a, the words wide, variety, and different mean the same thing,... main and subordinate clauses The other choices do not establish a logical relationship 282 a The subordinator whereas (choice a) correctly establishes a contrast between subordinate and main clause The other choices point to an illogical causal relationship 283 c Choice a contains a misplaced modifier Choice b is a run-on sentence Choice d establishes a faulty causal relationship between main and subordinate... a simple fact SET 21 (Page 56) 284 b In the other choices, the pronoun reference is ambiguous; it is unclear who is in the hospital For more material and information, please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc at www.tailieuduhoc.org Page 136 285 d The other answers contain unnecessary shifts in person from I to one, you, and a person 286 b This is the only choice that is clear and unambiguous All the other choices... changes and the first two elements, controlling floods and generating electric power are parallel, but the third element, soil conservation, is not In choice e, none of the three elements is parallel 191 a This sentence requires that the comparison between culture and biology be logical and clear Choice b is wrong because the use of the preposition with is confusing and does not observe standard usage... subordinator, logically connecting subordinate and main clause 279 c The subordinator although shows a logical contrasting relationship between subordinate and main clause The other choices do not make sense 280 b The subordinator so (choice b) establishes the correct causal relationship between main and subordinate clause The other subordinators do not point to cause 281 d The subordinator yet establishes... is clear, logical, and idiomatic In this sentence Contrary to, which means a viewpoint that is opposite to or in conflict with another viewpoint, is used correctly within this context Choice a is incorrect because the preposition in is inappropriately used with opposite Similarly, choices c, d, and e do not use standard-usage phrasing 196 a Choice a is the only one that is clear and idiomatic Choice . choices c, d, and e do not use standard-usage phrasing. 196. a. Choice a is the only one that is clear and idiomatic. Choice b is wordy. Choices c, d, and e are awkwardly constructed and ambiguous. 197 their and we in answer a, to your and one in answer b, and to our and they in answer d. 290. a. This choice is clear, has no misplaced modifiers, and has no shifts in verb tense. Choices b and. material and information, please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc at www.tailieuduhoc.org 188 . b. This is the only choice in which the sentence construction is clear and unambiguous. Choices a, c, and e result